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Solve the word problem and explain the steps you used to solve: three tenths of a bag of jelly beans were red, and two tenths of the bag were orange. What fraction of the bag was red and orange?
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Solve the word problem and explain the steps you used to solve:

three tenths of a bag of jelly beans were red, and two tenths of the bag were orange. What fraction of the bag was red and orange?

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Answer:

five tenths

Explanation:

you have to add 3 a d 3 together which makes 5 tenths and then you have 5 tenths left

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